being rolled out in certain neighborhoods, as you said, you were looking, you know, for an equitable solution to something like this when EV chargers may not be able to go into a neighborhood that had the resources for it. So is it specific? We're looking for existing markets and hoping to create emerging markets. What I mean by that is we're going to places where there have been requests, high demand, where we've placed chargers. We're looking at our analytics and seeing should we place another one close by right in order for people to have more usage. But we're also trying to get into places that we don't necessarily see. What I would say the private sector. So we're trying to go into places like Hyde Park , right? Like um, South LA, like the Valley. Right. So get away from just what traditionally people would think. That is not just a privilege to have. That's something that we should all have. Are we ahead of the game when it comes to technology and advancements? For something like the Bureau of Street Lighting, or are we looking to other cities to see how they're doing it and then following suit? When you look at the world as a whole, there's obviously going to be some places that might do things better here or there, and different types of technology. On average, though, I'd say LA is on on the cutting edge, the further further ahead than the pack and I'll say this for a couple of things. There's a reason why we became one of the first 5G cities in America, and that's because we started attaching telecom equipment to our street lights right? And so we made something that was originally a single use. Now, granted, that single use was transformative. We lit public spaces and made it so people can congregate, have commerce, made it feel safer, right? But the service was the street light. Now we're adding other things that not only reduce the cost of infrastructure itself, but make it so that there's new services that can go on to the city, like 5G connectivity. Right. So LA became one of the first 5G cities in America back in 20, I believe 2017, 2018. And that's because we started working together with industry practitioners to see what else we could do very, very cool. All right. So you've worked with the city for a long time. I mean, you've worked in the mayor's office. You know, through a couple of tenures of different mayors. And now now you're here and you've been here. What was the biggest surprise coming into this bureau when you looked around and saw what your opportunities were and what your challenges were, the scope of the Bureau, the opportunities in the Bureau, the history, the fun , the possibility. What was it that you really went, oh, wow, this is cool. What what? I was most impressed with was the people when I came in here because of their willingness to actually try new things and because of the people we have tremendous potential. Right? So when we're talking about these new technologies, these, um, more efficient ways to light the streets, we're talking about connectivity with telecom partners. We're talking about dynamic lighting. We're talking about air quality sensors that can help inform a policy makers about what's going on in their neighborhoods. Right now. Right. So the people actually led to some of these progressions, right? These new things and, and these opportunities that we have . And so the Bureau itself, with what it has, again, a quarter of a million streetlights, an electrical system, this penultimate electrical system that when we're thinking about the future of the city is going to empower a lot of the new services that we do now. We actually see ourselves now more of a platform right? So, yes, we have the street light, but there's many different things that you can attach to it. Right? There's many different services that you can kind of, uh, create from, from that point there where, where we have a very valuable piece of real estate on the public right of way that has energy. Well, people want to learn more about the hundredth anniversary or just about how to call in if they need some help with the lighting on their streets or just have any questions. What's the best way for people to get in touch? The best way for people to get in touch? Well, two things right. If there's any issues that you have with street lighting, please log your service requests with Mila 311 or call 311 itself for all other things. And if you're inquisitive about our history, please visit LA lights Dot la City.org. Thank you so much. This is really, really fun. And that's a wrap on this LA Courant's . Welcome to the Los Angeles Central Library, a cultural gem at the heart of downtown Los Angeles and the flagship of the Los Angeles Public Library system. For the last century, this remarkable institution has been a beacon of learning, creativity and community for Angelenos and visitors alike. Every day, the Central Library connects people, providing a vital space to engage in the present. Learn from the past, and dream of the future. Whether you're visiting the city or viewing from home, welcome to LA! This week . Opened in 1926, the Los Angeles Central Library is an architectural landmark inspired by ancient civilizations and Spanish Colonial Revival styles. By the mid 1960s, the building faced calls for demolition, but preservation efforts prevailed. A major renovation saved the library, doubled its size, and introduced new landscaping. Now in 2026, LA's public library invites everyone to celebrate 100 years of the Central Library and its lasting impact on the city. We are in the magnificent Central Library here in downtown Los Angeles, and we are celebrating the 100th birthday of this incredible building. Just as importantly, all of the incredible things that happen inside it and have happened over the last 100 years. So for the Centennial, we dug out our time capsule that was placed on May 3rd, 1925, and we're going to be revealing what we found in that copper box. Yeah, it was not as simple or straightforward process to figure out how we were going to get the actual time capsule out of the middle of our wall from 100 years ago. There were structural integrity concerns. There were historic resource concerns. The actual cornerstone itself is beautifully inscribed with the name and the seal of the library, and we couldn't damage or destroy that. So, long story short, we were able to come through the inside of the building, which happens to be the men's restroom, bust through the inside layer of the outer wall and the cornerstone itself to finally reach the capsule and pull it out and be able to finally open it and share the contents. Today I would just encourage people to come down and see it. The time capsule especially is kind of fun because as kids we used to do time capsules in our backyard. No one probably ever dug them up, but in this case, you know, it was a very formal thing and they even found a time capsule inside a time capsule, which was cool. So you can see all the contents of that. It's neat. There were some things that we knew had been placed in the time capsule through minutes of library board meetings, but as with almost all time capsules, there are inevitably surprises. Another really interesting thing to me was from the 1881 time capsule from the normal school that was on this site before the library, and that capsule was actually inside of ours. We didn't have any idea what that was going to contain, but among the really interesting things was a sort of memento of black mourning cloth and dried moss from the funeral of President Garfield, who had been assassinated just a couple of months prior. And somebody who was at that memorial celebration in Cleveland brought that and felt that it was important to represent that moment in American history and put it in the time capsule. And that's something we have here that we never would have expected. I've walked around and looked at the artifacts, which is amazing how well they survived. They don't look like they sit in a box for 100 years, but the building itself proves that LA does have a history. We are not just this whole new city. We do have a history here and we like to celebrate our history a lot of great things to be proud of, of this library. I think it's the greatest place for any Angeleno can come and feel at home. Read and just feel at peace, knowing that they can have access to any great knowledge. As I have. I don't know what anyone would be if they didn't learn from history, learn from the lessons of life. Part of the celebration Incluye una tarjeta de biblioteca de edition especial por el centenario de la Biblioteca Central. Tenemos exhibitions sobre la historia, El arte de la arquitectura de la Biblioteca y también sobre Los servicios y ofrecemos es una Ramos cien anos esperando para qué llegara asi les invitamos a todos ustedes a celebrar con nosotros. Even though we're celebrating central Library, we're going to be having programing at our branches throughout the entire year. So people can go and get all kinds of information. If they go to that Los Angeles Public Library website, lapl.org. Backslash central 100 and everything will be posted there, and we're going to be adding information as the year goes on. We're so excited to celebrate this incredible landmark building and to have the public celebrate with us. English So today's event is called Plant Day at the Library . I came in one day with my sister and saw that they had a sign for Plant Day, and I was like, oh, this seems really interesting. We should come and enjoy, like the workshop that they have. And she was like, okay. So we decided to come in. It's just a way for people to get together and celebrate plants and the people who love them. This one is called Donkey's Tail. We've gathered a number of different experts in horticulture flower arrangements , sustainability, composting. I love how you're adding just a little bit propagation and repotting to teach the public how to work with plants veggie trays in case they want to grow veggies at home. It's for drainage so people are walking away with knowledge of how to work with plants. Some plants themselves, and then also connections to community agencies that are working to make LA greener and more sustainable. Do you like my design? I do, it's very creative. I felt really proud of my idea and expressing who I am as a person, which I feel like I was able to do with the rainbow . We're Chicas Verde, we're a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles where we create green spaces for students in the community. We've been invited by the Central Library for Plant Day. Today, we're doing flower bouquets where they'll be arranging flowers. Awesome. Yes, yes, yes. I think that nature brings something out in us, right? We live in a natural world. At the end of the day, we come from nature and it's important for us to be able to connect with and learn in that sort of way. Doing something with your hands is really important to not only for kids, but also for everybody. Thank you. And that's what we're here to do today. These stories up next on CityBeat. Mayor Karen Bass and the Los Angeles City Council have approved the 2028 cultural program for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, led by the city's Department of Cultural Affairs. The program will bring the creative energy of Los Angeles to the world stage, starting this year, the city will engage artists and cultural organizations in all 15 city council districts. The official launch will take place in 2027, with events taking place across Los Angeles in 2028. Learn more at culture L.A. City Governor. Hey Angelenos, want to check out some amazing museums and cool spots? Your Los Angeles Public Library card is the key to it all. From the zoo, La Brea Tar Pits and LA Galaxy to the Music Center. And so much more. Log in to discover and go to reserve free or low cost passes to tons of awesome attractions. Learn more at lapl.org. Slash explore LA. We're at the Central Library , the largest public library in California and one of the biggest in the nation. This has long been home to millions of books photographs maps films and archival materials, some dating back to the city's earliest days. Reflecting the shared history of Los Angeles. That same sense of connection is being echoed in soccer the beautiful Game, as LA hosts this year's World Cup with fan festivals. Watch parties and community events unfolding across the city, the excitement is building fast. Whether you are new to the game, a casual fan or a devoted player, there are countless ways to experience the World Cup spirit throughout Los Angeles. Together. Right here, one, two and three. We're right at the doorstep of the World Cup. We're all coming together to bring together our communities and to celebrate the sport of soccer. It gives me great joy that we get to share our city with the world. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, and to have eight matches hosted in Inglewood is bigger than a dream come true for the city. It puts us on the map as an international city. One of the things when we talk about the World Cup, there's always the question of what's the legacy going to be? What are you going to leave behind? And these clinics are going to be part of it. You're 26 different clinics around the county of Los Angeles, making sure that young kids can come out, experience the game. You know, the way it's supposed to be. And, you know, and have a good time and learn about the sport. The clinics are all about sharing that that love of soccer with with our community. But also just spending time with the young people and letting them know that they matter. And that this game can unite us in ways that not a lot of things can. I think my legacy program is the coolest because I get the party bus. It's called Kick It with Us mobile bus tour. It's a mobile pop up tour that begins on March 3rd, and it will literally cruise around the county for 100 days. They're going to stop. They're going to give out merch so they kick it with us. Mobile tour is a great way to inspire, which we care deeply about. Grassroots participation, and we'll be able to unite all the passionate fans and the broader community we've been working on for months, trying to create opportunities for more residents to participate and be able to enjoy the world Cup excitement. And so we are very excited to have announced not just our fan festival, which will kick off the tournament here at the Coliseum, but nine additional official fan zones throughout the region that will be open for people to participate and enjoy matches. They'll be like mini fan festivals and it's a great opportunity to bring your family . I want this to be a joyful celebration right? I want this to be where we're able to show the world what America is li and it's true, truest forms that we're kind and compassionate and we're loving and we're going to bring the world together in a really great way, and no better way to do it than through the beautiful game of soccer. The library's Rare Books room holds more than 22,000 rare monographs dating as far back as the 15th century, with strengths in California and Mexican history, natural history, costume, voyages and travels. Both the Central Library and the LAPD serve as pillars of the community, one inspiring through knowledge and culture. The other safeguarding the city. The LAPD's focus on community policing and collaborative partnerships has helped reduce crime and build trust as reflected in 2025 data like the library, its success depends on engaging the community, highlighted by initiatives such as the inaugural Native American Community Police Advisory Board . Today is a very exciting day for Los Angeles Police Department. For one, you're here at the Los Angeles Police Academy, where we have a lot of tradition and a lot of firsts, and today we're having our first Native American community police advisory Board meeting. We're going to be able to hand out their IDs after they completed the Academy and talk about issues and the direction that they're going to be going. Today is our badge ceremony. So we're building a board which is helping our native American and Indigenous community of Los Angeles. The CPAp is what we call the Community Police Advisory Board. CPAp will be able to go out into the community and talk about what they've learned through the police. They'll be able to educate our officers in dealing with the different cultures and the different folks in the Native American community, and we're just going to have that resource. We've built a platform and a voice for our community who has felt marginalized. There's over 8000 officers in my department, and out of that, there's only 31 officers who identify as native American. We all have a voice under this. This new umbrella with LAPD. We didn't have that before, but now we do, and we're here to support the community and overall, everyone in L.A. County. They're going to come into our communities, come to our officers, be throughout the city educating us on Native American and the importance of their traditions, of their cultures and what their community needs. So this is a wonderful day of firsts. Today we're releasing the LAPD's end of year crime data as detailed in our 2025 Annual Review of Crime and Initiatives. This report reflects our commitment to transparency accountability and providing the public with a clear understanding of where crime stands in Los Angeles today. The data in this year's report shows that homicides in Los Angeles are down both in total number and as a percentage compared to last year. In 2025, there were 230 homicides, a reduction of 19% from the year before, when the city experienced 284 homicides. This is the lowest number of homicides. Since 1966. I'm also proud of the relentless follow up work of our investigators of the 230 homicides in 2025, 156 or 68% were cleared and an additional 76 homicides from prior years were closed as well. There was an 8% decline in the number of shooting victims in 2025. From 2024, we believe one of the factors impacting that reduction is taking more guns off the street. I want to be clear that progress in one area does not mean that our work is done. Other violent crime categories show mixed results and property, crime and quality of life issues remain real concerns for many Angelenos. We're not minimizing those challenges and we're certainly not ignoring them. The stats being shared today are so incredibly important because to me, they show something that I have known for a long time that when we invest in our law enforcement, we see safer neighborhoods and real results. In my district, the work coming out of LAPD's Devonshire and Topanga Division shows exactly why focused policing and strong investigative work matter as chair of the city's Committee on Public Safety, my responsibility is to make sure that this progress lasts so the success we are seeing in my community can be experienced across the city of Los Angeles. As part of its 100 year celebration, a time capsule buried in the library's cornerstone in 1925 was recently opened, revealing early staff records, a scrapbook of library buildings and newspaper in multiple languages that reflect Los Angeles's rich diversity. These artifacts remind us that preserving history means honoring all communities that shared the city. That same spirit is reflected in this year's Centennial African American Heritage Month, which celebrates the contributions and achievements of African Americans through civic and cultural events, including the official kickoff at L.A. City Hall. We are excited and thrilled to see Black women leaders take over City Hall. From the bridge to council chambers, we have so many powerhouses in a number of industries being part of this cadre of black women leaders during black history Month is like super exciting. That's a lot of star power right there in that rotunda today we had the first of many presentations for black History Month here in the city of Los Angeles. It's always such a moving and vibrant celebration of the African American community in this city . And this year, we especially focus on the story of resistance and the role women have played in leading that story. I think it's a game changer when you're recognized by the city of Los Angeles with your peers. Other black women who lead throughout the city, you just feel grateful. It says everything that people are paying attention to. The work that we're doing in the community. There are so many people, so many black women who are going to work every day, who are putting it in, who are trying to make our community a better place, who are practicing resilience and joy at the same time. So to be part of that group and to be recognized for that is super exciting. This is important because it is the celebration of 100 years of black history. Commemorations from. 1926 to 2026, started by the father of Black History, Carter G. Woodson. And we have to keep it going at a time that they're trying to erase it, not just for black people, but for everyone else that they're trying to take it away. Black history is American history. They say once a black community is free, then everybody will be free. And that's something that we just always have to continue to remember, because they try to erase that. They try to erase the decades of struggle and sacrifice and success that black and African American community has undertaken in this country. When there are other forces, other people who say that we shouldn't be celebrating our diversity, we celebrate our diversity. We honor black Americans for what black Angelenos have brought to our city. But today, we are specifically focused on the great women leaders in our black community. So the Department of Cultural Affairs manages the Bridge Gallery, and this month's exhibition is entitled Black Women Lead. There is some spectacular women there. Every single woman on that that wall from Sweet Alice, who is 92 to the youngest person, which is not me, are still active. They are still laying it down. They are still getting up every day, doing something. It means to me that we get to celebrate those trailblazers. I'm a civil rights lawyer by training, and those trailblazing lawyers who opened doors so that little black girls like me could go to schools like Harvard Law School, could practice civil law. This month means everything it means that we are moving forward to make certain that our grandchildren and our children's children have something to stand on, and we won't turn around. So 100 years and for 100 more, we've got to continue to make a difference. Black women were here when this city started. Black women have been here through every struggle and every triumph, every setback, every tragedy. And continue to be here. Ten toes down, building the kind of city that we all deserve to live in. Happy black history Month. Here in Council District 12, we're having our wildfire safety and resource fair today. It's where we invite the community out to learn a little bit more about not only how to harden their own homes, but also to harden our community. We've all heard the I guess it's a cliche but failed to plan is plan to fail and not having a plan for dealing with a wildfire emergency is giving, you know, the universe the chance to decide our fate. If you come into my booth right over there and sign up your home , my safe LA will actually come and do an assessment to make sure that your house is prepared as possible. This is Southern California. We are open to a lot of a lot of potential for emergencies. So as a community attending events like this and the city participating in events like this is key to educate members of the public to increase their resiliency. So many different people that I have spoken to that were affected by the fires in the Palisades have told me the same thing. I wish I would have grabbed this or it would have been important if I grabbed this piece of paper to help me through my insurance process. They wish they were a little bit more prepared in like what exactly? If you have five minutes, you have ten minutes, you have 20 minutes. What is it that you need to gather within your home that's so important to you? I would highly recommend as John had mentioned, maybe to photograph a lot of the items in your house. So if you can, for insurance purposes, do take photographs, put that in a safe place somewhere. So that you have that available. Public safety resiliency. It's not something that the LAPD or the fire department can do on their own, or you as a community can do on your own. It's a group effort. It's a team. The goal of Senior Service Day is really to bring different resources across different city departments and across different community organizations here in the area to inform our residents of what's available to them. It's just something we put together once a year with the collaboration of the city Attorney's office to learn a little bit more about these programs and how to keep our seniors safe. They would be able to go ahead and assess all of those things we have from the Department of Aging to the City Clerk's office to the council, District office. Many, many different services here today, it's a day set aside for seniors providing services, resources, knowledge and information for them, their caregivers and the community at large. I'll have an outreach table and you can actually grab materials and all that. It's important that we go out in the community and go meet the seniors where they are and provide the resources, what they need, and they are able to ask questions in real time and get answers. Our senior population is a vulnerable population. When it comes to scams and frauds. Lots of people engage seniors via cell phone, email. It's important that we provide them with information and support. They're able to report this financial abuse to adult protective services, and we're there to guide them along the way. It's important to remind individuals of what they have available to them, whether that is food resources, whether that is mental health resources, whether that is public safety information. Today, we're also going to have personnel from our LAPD department presenting on traffic safety. It's very important to stay connected and to stay informed. We know it's really hard to navigate for seniors, and we want to make sure that we are available resource to them to try to see if we can help them. And now, coming up on things to do. Every year, LA's Chinatown hosts the annual Golden Dragon Parade to mark the Lunar New Year in 2026. The 127th parade will celebrate strength, energy and freedom for the year of the fire Horse with live performances featuring lion and dragon dancers, floats, movies and television personalities. Head to Chinatown for the parade. From Hill Street to Temple onto Bernard, then Broadway and back around towards temple. Join the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in LA's Chinatown for the 127th Golden Dragon Parade on Saturday, February 21st. Beginning at 1 p.m. Learn more at LA Chinese. Chamber.org. On Saturday, February 21st, join El Pueblo de Los Angeles for an event to honor African American Heritage Month. This music celebration afternoon will include exhibits, cultural conversation and food trucks. Head to El Pueblo, the birthplace of Los Angeles, for the Black History Month celebration on Saturday, February 21st. Beginning at 12 p.m. Get more details on this and other cultural events by following El Pueblo, LA on Instagram. And that's a look at some things to do. For nearly a century, the Los Angeles Central Library has been a cultural treasure and research hub. Its nine subject departments cover everything from science to international languages, while special collections feature rare books, historic travel posters, menus, fashion plates and over 116,000 photographs documenting the city's past. Visitors can enjoy docent tours or take part in programs ranging from citizenship classes to borrowing hiking gear or musical instruments to podcasting. Truly a multitude of ways for Angelenos to explore and learn from all of us. At LA city, you can watch these stories and more on channel 35 or anytime at LA City Govtv. And follow us at L.A. City on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Until next time, explore and enjoy all that Los Angeles has to offer . I am David from International Languages Department and our department is comprised of all subject areas in 30 languages. As well as language learning materials such as Phrasebooks and dictionaries. In 500 languages. This is a book in Italian. Incognito in Hollywood , translated into three languages English, French and Italian. Incognito is the same in all languages, and the word of course, is borrowed from Italian into English and from Italian. It's borrowed from Latin in incognito, which means not known. When we open the book, there is a stamp here that says foreign Department. And once upon a time that was the name of our department. And later it was changed to International Languages Department because it's more inclusive. The term international than the word foreign. It is written by Joe Malatesta and illustrated by Irma Fiske Austin. The book is published in Los Angeles in 1935, and the book is relevant today because it presents multilingual impressions of the author at that time, many of the places of Hollywood were different, and the book is illustrated to show those differences. Did you know the average LA resident uses about 89 gallons of water each day? Challenge yourself to conserve, turning off the faucet when you brush saves up to ten gallons of water. Taking a five minute or less shower saves up to 15 gallons of water. Washing only full loads of laundry saves up to 30 gallons of water and fixing a running toilet can save up to 50 gallons of water. Keep it in mind all day, every day it's water conservation. The LA way. Of. Nos pueden escuchar por favor acompanarnos el mercado de la santé. This is STAND BY. The regularly scheduled meeting of the LosCouncil President: RE SCHEDULED MEETING OF YOUR LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY. THE 25th DAY OF FEBRUARY IN THE YEAR 2026. MADAM CLERK, LET'S BEGIN BY CALLING THE ROLL. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON HERNANDEZ HUTT JURADO LEE MCOSKER NAZARIAN PADILLA PARK PRICE RAMAN RODRIGUEZ SOTO-MARTINEZ YAROSLAVSKY. 11 MEMBERS FRENT AND A QUORUM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS. >> Clerk: APPROVE AWFUL MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 24, 2026. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ MOVES PADILLA SECONDS. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: COMMENDATORY RESOLUTIONS FOR APPROVAL. >> Council President: MOVES AND SECOND. CAN WE RUN THROUGH THE AGENDA. >> Clerk: 1 THROUGH 120 ARE ITEMS NOTICE HEARING. CONFIRM THE LIEN FOR 8, 13, 16 THROUGH 17, 19 THROUGH 20 TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LIENS FOR 3, 7, 9 THROUGH 12, 15 THROUGH 18 IN AS MUCH THE LIENS HAVE BEEN PAID OR OWNER OCCUPIED AND CONTINUE ITEM 2 TO WEDNESDAY APRIL 1, 2026. ITEMS 9 THROUGH 29 ARE ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD. ITEMS 42 THROUGH 47 ARE CLOSE SESSION FOR WHICH PUBLIC HEARINGS HAVE NOT BEEN HELD. TEN VOTES ARE REQUIRED FOR CONSIDERATION. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THOSE ITEMS ARE BEFORE US. SPECIALS MEMBERS? I SEE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO? >> Y. Jurado: YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. WOULD I LIKE TO MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM 18. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? THANK YOU. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ? >> E. Hernandez: YES, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CAN I CALL ITEM 26 SPECIAL PHOBER COMMENTS. --FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: OKAY, 2-6 FOR COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER NAZARIAN. >> A. Nazarian: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, ITEM 9 RECEIVE AND FILE, ITEM 10 ALSO RECEIVE AND FILE. AND ITEM 12, ALSO HAS BEEN PAID SO RECEIVE AND FILE, PLEASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> Clerk: THANK YOU, IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU, MR. NAZARIAN. COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ? >> M. Rodriguez: YES, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE NUMBER 2 TO APRIL 21, 2026 AND ITEM 31 FOR CMMENTS. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM 28 BECAUSE MY WIFE'S EMPLOYER HAS WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT. >> Council President: THANK YOU. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, THANK YOU ANY OTHER SPECIALS, MEMBERS? SEEING NO OTHER SPECIALS, MADAM CLERK, WHAT IS NEXT FOR CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 21 THROUGH 25, 27 AND 29. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL ON THOSE ITEMS, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 11 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO TAKE UP ITEM 28 RIGHT NOW FOR THE RECUSAL? >> Council President: SURE, MR. PRICE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP ITEM 28 AT THIS TIME. YES. ALL RIGHT, MR. PRICE IS RECUSED, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TABULATE THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 10 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT? >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER HEATHER HUTT OF THE 10th DISTRICT AND MR. PRICE OF THE 9th DISTRICT WHEN HE COMES BACK FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION THIS MORNING. >> H. Hutt: OH GREAT, GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING, COLLEAGUES. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE THE LOS ANGELES ASSOCIATION OF BLACK PERSONNEL INCORPORATED. LAABP, AS WE COMMEMOATE THE 100tH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FOR YEARS, THEY HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN UPLIFTING AND SUPPORTING THE CITY OF LOSS BLACK WORKFORCE ADVOCATING FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MENTORSHIP AND EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY WITHIN OUR CITY FAMILY. LAABP'S DEDICATION DO CELEBRATING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE HAS TRANSFORMED THE CULTURE OF CITY HALL. WHEN WE INVEST IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR BLACK FORCE, WE BUILD A MORE RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE CITY THAT GIVES EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. TODAY, AS WE CELEBRATE A CENTURY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE ALSO CELEBRATE THE LEGACY LEADERSHIP AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK SERVANT WHO HAVE MOVED LOS ANGELES FORWARD EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE LOS ANGELES ASSOCIATION OF BLACK PERSONNEL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, YOUR PARTNERSHIP, AND YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR CITY. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MILD STONE. [APPLAUSE] --MILESTONE. AND NOW JANECEA. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. CITY COUNCILMEMBERS, MR. PRICE, MARQUEECE CITIZENS EMPLOYEES I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. DURING THE 100tH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO SHARE ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION. THE ORGANIZATION WHICH WE REFER TO AS LAABP IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE IMPACT OF LOS ANGELES FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAYOR TOM BRADLEY. I THOUGHT HE WAS THE ONLY MAYOR EVER, HE WAS A MAYOR MY WHOLE LIFE AND THIS IS MY FIRST FIELD TRIP WAS TO CITY HALL. SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. BUT I WANT TO SAY, THAT HIS IMPACT WAS TREMENDOUS. AND AS A COUNCILMEMBER, BRADLEY ADVOCATED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIVISIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE WORKFORCE. AND BECAUSE OF HIS VISION, THEY IMPROVED, THE LAABP IN 1972 AS THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN EMPLOYEES. INITIALLY THEY PREPARED FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR TO COMPETE SUCCESSFUL FOR PROMOTIONS. NOW ALMOST 55 YEARS LATER, THEY HAVE GROWN TO OVER 700 MEMBERS AND REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT OF EQUAL EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE CITY'S WORKFORCE. LAABP'S MISSION IS TO MOTIVATE AND ENCOURAGE AND ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO NAVIGATE SUCCESSFUL CAREERS WITHIN CITY GOVERNMENT. THEY CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO BRING ABOUT GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS TO ENHANCE THEIR CAREERS AND PURSUE ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE COURSE OF CITY SERVICE. ADDITIONALLY, LAABP HAS PRESENTED NEARLY $300,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO EMPLOYEES SEEKING HIGHER EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION SINCE 2003, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENT WITH OUR ANNUAL TRAILBLAZER AWARDS. THE MEMBERS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE CITY OF L.A. AND MANY OF WHOM HAVE VARIOUS POSITIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THE RESIDENTS OF L.A. THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF CULTIVATING DYNAMIC CAREERS AND LEADERS NOT ONLY THAT SERVE THE CITY BUT ALSO THE ORGANIZATION. SO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A FEW OF OUR PAST PRESIDENTS, AND MEMBERS ON THE FRONT ROW, WE HAVE MR. DONALD CONKITE, CAN YOU RAISE YOUR HAND. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE MR. STEVE KING OUR FORMER PRESIDENT AS WELL. [APPLAUSE] AND FORMER SECRETARY, MS. ARLENE KING. [APPLAUSE] ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF LABP AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHICH YOU SEE BEHIND ME, WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE MAYOR TOM BRADLEY FOR HIS ROLE OF PROVIDING THE @. ON THE 100tH ANNIVERSARY, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURE FAIRNESS WITHIN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. WE HOPE TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR OFFICES, ACHIEVING AND WE ALWAYS SAY, TOGETHER WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT NONE OF US CAN DO ALONE. [APPLAUSE] >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. NOW COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, AS WE RECOGNIZE THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK PERSONNEL. THIS ORGANIZATION HAS REALLY BEEN A PIONEER IN LOTS OF WAYS BUT IT'S REALLY BEEN A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION BOTH WITHIN THE CITY FAMILY AND OUTSIDE OF THE FAMILY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE PROFESSIONALISM AND COURAGE THAT IT TAKES TO BE SUCCESSFUL, NOT SUCH AS A EMPLOYEE BUT AS A COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE SOME CHALLENGING TIMES AND IT'S IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY NOW, I THINK THAT WE LOOK BACK AND REFLECT ON OUR PAST, REFLECT ON THOSE PIONEERS WHO HAVE COME BEFORE, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITY THAT'S WE HAVE GOING FORWARD. I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, ON BEHALF OF THE 250,000 CITIZENS THAT I REPRESENT IN CD9, THANK YOU FOR THE JOB YOU DO AND CONTINUE TO DO, WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. PRICE. MR. CHAIR? OH SURE. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO TAKE THIS MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, I'M DUANA SHARP A MEMBER OF CD8 AND I HUMBLY SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF PERSONNEL. AND IN ADDITION TO ALL THE GREAT THINGS YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION, EACH YEAR, WE RECOGNIZE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EMPLOYEES THAT ARE MAKING STRIDES. WE HONOR THOSE WHO ARE EXCEPTIONAL IN THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP AND HOW THEY IMPACT COMMUNITY. AND TODAY, GIVEN THAT OUR FRIEND, OUR LONGSTANDING PARTNER CURREN PRICE IS TERMING OUT, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE HIM. AND IT IS OUR HONOR. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. >> C. Price: THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK EMPLOYEES, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE AND ALSO, FOR RECOGNIZING OUR COLLEAGUE AND OUR FRIEND, COUNCILMEMBER CURREN PRICE. MR. HERMAN, PLEASE SIT DOWN IMMEDIATELY, THAT'S YOUR FIRST AND LAST WARNING. FOR RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND HIS CONTRIBUTION NOT JUST DURING HIS TIME HERE IN CITY COUNCIL BUT THROUGHOUT HIS WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER. WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL. AND ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE YES. [APPLAUSE] AND ALSO A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO COUNCILWOMAN HEATHER HUTT FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER AND SHOWING UP, SHOWING UP NOT QUITE 100 PERCENT WELL. THEY TOLD ME YESTERDAY, THAT COUNCILMEMBER HUTT IS SICK AND SHE MAY NOT BE HERE TODAY. AND I SAID, SHE'S THE DAUGHTER OF A CITY EMPLOYEE, SHE IS GOING TO SHOW UP, EVEN IF IT'S IN A WHEELCHAIR, SHE'LL BE HERE. >> H. Hutt: RIGHT. >> Council President: THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. I WILL NOTE THAT IN ANOTHER LIFE TILE, THE POLICY DIRECTOR OF WAS THE MOTHER OF ONE HEATHER HUTT, OUR OWN. SO THE LEGACY LIVES, THE LEGACY LIVES ON IN HER SERVICE IN OUR CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE BLACK EMPLOYEES, IN ADDITION TO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT IN THE COURSE OF YOUR HISTORY, I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, HOW BIG A DEAL IT WAS FOR AND HOW RADICAL FOR TOM BRADLEY TO STAND UP THIS ORGANIZATION AT THE TIME. WE TAKE, AFFINITY GROUPS FOR GRANTED NOW, BUT AT THE TIME IN HISTORY THAT HE PROPOSED IT AND STOOD IT UP, IT WAS A BIG DEAL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON TRYING TO TAKE US BACK TO THE TIME WHEN YOU COULDN'T STAND SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP, SO WE'RE PROUD THAT YOU'RE STILL STANDING AND THE LEGACY OF RADICAL INTERVENTION INTO AMERICAN LIFE, THAT THE BLACK EMPLOYEES AFFINITY GROUP IS. AND LASTLY, FOR ALL OF US THAT GREW UP IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES OR IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WHETHER YOU GREW UP IN INGLEWOOD OR WATTS OR PASADENA, THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMEBODY ON YOUR BLOCK OR AT YOUR CHURCH OR AT YOUR SALON THAT WORKED FOR THE CITY. >> H. Hutt: THAT'S RIGHT. >> Council President: AND THAT PERSON, IF THEY WORKED FOR THE CITY, THEY WERE AN EXPERT ON EVERYTHING. SO MR. JOHNSON, WORKED IN FINANCE, HE COULD TELL US HOW TO GET THE TRASH PICKED UP. >> H. Hutt: THAT'S RIGHT. >> Council President: AND ANOTHER ONE WORKED AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE CAN FIND OUT FROM THEM HOW TO GET THE PARK OPEN FOR A PARTY WE WANTED HAVE. SO THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE SUCH A TREASURE TO TT NEIGHBORHOODS, PARTICULARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE PLACES THAT THEY LIVE AND IT'S REALLY THE INSPIRATION FOR MY WORK ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER AND OTHERS BEFORE THE TWO OF US, FOR THE TARGET OF LOCAL HIRE PROGRAM. WHICH HAS BROUGHT IN HUNDREDS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN WORKERS WHO LIVE IN THE CITY AND WORK FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WHO HOPEFULLY ARE ACTIVE MEMBERSING OF YOUR ASSOCIATION. WITH THAT, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU WILL DO FOR THE CITY GOING FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER HUTT? SORRY I GOT A MEMBER ON THE QUEUE, COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HUTT AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ACKNOWLEDGING CURREN AND ALL OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS. FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, HE THROWS ONE OF THE BEST THANK YOU LUNCH EON FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AND HIS STAFF IS EMBODIMENT FOR EPRESSING THE GRATITUDE. THAT IS SO OFTEN, IT'S EASY TO DISPARAGE AND NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE LEVEL OF WORK AND THE DEPTH AND BODY OF WORK THAT YOU ALL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT, WHAT TOM BRADLEY DID AT THAT MOMENT. IT WAS HISTORY MAKING. AND TOM BRADLEY WAS A MAYOR FOR EVERYBODY. HE BROUGHT EVERYBODY TO THE TABLE AND MAKING SURE THAT LATINOS WERE EQUALLY REPRESENTED IN PART OF THE MISSION OF LEADING THIS CITY. HE REACHED OUT TO EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE PART OF IT. AND OUR CITY'S WORKFORCE IS EMBLEMATIC OF THAT. SO SIZ WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CARRYING ON THAT TRADITION AS THIS AFFINITY GROUP BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE COLLABORATION AGAIN MY THANKS TO YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING CURREN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HE DID THE PRESENTATION WITH THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON IN CENTRAL AVENUE WHICH IS INCREDIBLY, IT'S REMARKABLE. AND PIVOTAL, TO SOME OF THE TRANSFORMATION THAT WILL BE CONTINUING TO ADVANCE IN THE CITY. BUT IT'S A PARTNERSHIP. TT A PARTNERSHIP THAT REQUIRES ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND SHOW OF SUPPORT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT TO CLOSE. >> H. Hutt: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING CURREN, HE'S OUR DEAN, OUR BIG BROTHER. HE HAS BEEN IN THE TRENCHES WITH AND FOR ALL OF US. SO THAT WAS A GREAT SURPRISE. I GOT CHILLS. AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO, AND THAT YOU, UPHOLD TOM BRADLEY'S INTENTION IT'S TRULY HIGHLY APPRECIATED. AND AS DIRE CITY EMPLOYEE, I BETTER BE HERE FOR THIS. THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO THE BACK AND TAKE SOME PICTURES. THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. KO*UNSZ THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'LL ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE US FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: TO PEOPLE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE WHAT ITEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO. WE WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. WHEN SPEAKING ON THE AGENDA ITEMS, YOU MUST BE ON TOPIC. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THROUGH AS MANY SPEAKERS AS WE CAN. IF YOU YOU ARE NOT ON TOPIC OR IF WE CANNOT TELL WHETHER YOU'RE ON TOPIC, YOU WILL GET ONE BRIEF WARNING FROM ME OR THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AT THAT PINT, YOU NEED TO GET IMMEDIATELY AND CLEARLY ON TOPIC. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, OR STRAY OFF TOPIC, YOU WILL FORFEIT THE REST OF YOUR SPEAKING TIME AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 1, ITEMS 3 THROUGH 20, ITEMS 30 THROUGH 47. SO AGAIN, THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA, ARE ITEMS 1, 3 THROUGH 20, AND 30 THROUGH 47, ITEM NUMBER 2 HAS BEEN CONTINUED AND THUS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS OR ANYTHING ELSE WITHIN THE CITY SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. A COUPLE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF I CAN HAVE THE INTERPRETERS MAKE THIS ALOUD TO THE ROOM. IF YOU REQUIRE A SPANISH INTERPRETER, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PAUSE EVERY FEW SENTENCES SO THE INTERPRETERS CAN INTERPRET. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: DON'T WORRY, WE WILL PAUSE YOUR TIME WHILE THE INTERPRETERS ARE INTERPRETING SO YOU WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE. >> Interpreter: [SPEAKING SPANISH] >> City Attorney: ADDITIONALLY, IF YOU'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION REQUEST WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO THE ADA, IN ORDER TO MAKE USE OF THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE OR IF YOU WANT TO USE THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE BECAUSE OF A QUALIFYING DISABILITY, ONCE YOU HEAR Y*UR NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER, CALLED ALOUD, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND SO THE SERGEANT CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THE MICROPHONE. ONE FINAL ASSIGNMENT, THE NAMES WE CALL, ARE RANDOMLY GENERATED. IN ORDER TO RUN AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WE WOULD ASK THAT HAD YOU PLEASE WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NAME YOU SIGNED UP UNDER CALLED ALOUD BEFORE LINING UP TO SPEAK ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OR BEFORE RAISING YOUR HAND TO REQUEST THE WIRELESS MIC. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I WILL NOW BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. NOAH BROWN, LAURA, CRAIG JONES AND SEAN MURPHY. >> Council President: I'M SORRY, MR. BLUMENFIELD? >> B. Blumenfield: PUBLIC COMMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT 3 AND P GET NOTE AND FILED, THOSE LIENS HAVE BEEN PAID. >> Council President: 3 AND 7. >> B. Blumenfield: 3 AND 7. >> Clerk: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION. >> Council President: SECOND. >> Clerk: THANK YOU. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: JUST GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M CRAIG JONES, I WANT TO SAY IN MON OR OF MR. CURREN PRICE, HE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB. MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS NO GREATER WEALTH AND THE LOVE RESPECT THAT I HAVE FOR MYSELF. THERE IS A NEW GUY THAT HE NEEDS TO MEET YOU. HE'SES MIKE JONES, HE HAS A NICE WEB PAGE. I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL OUGHT TO DO WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER TO A LAW THIS GUY'S SMALL SOLAR BUSINESS AND HE'S TRYING TO GET IT OFF TRACK. I'M CRAIG JONES, I'M ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES. HE NEEDS TO--OVER THE LAST WHAT TEN YEARS? YOU WERE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. NOT JUST IN YOUR DISTRICT BUT YOU WERE CONCERNED FOR THE PEOPLE AS A WHOLE. SO THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR TIME AND PATIENCE. MIKE JONES, SOLAR, EVERYBODY REMEMBER, MIKE JONES. THANK YOU, HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, I'M ON GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING PRESIDENT. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE WESTERN AREA AND I CAME UP HERE TO EXPRESS A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET DONE IN THE AREA. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OVER THERE FOR QUITE SOMETIME AND WE JUST SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF TROUBLE TRYING TO GET THINGS HANDLED IN OUR AREA SUCH AS, GRAFFITI, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, WE'RE DEALING WITH PROSTITUTION IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS. WE'VE BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION TO CALL FROM 311 BUT WE SEEM TO GET THE RUN AROUNDS, NO ONE HAS EXACT INFORMATION ON WHO WE CAN CALL OR SPEAK TO. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE CONCERNS THAT WE COMPLAIN ABOUT, GETS KICKED DOWN TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND WE CANNOT GET ANYTHING HANDLED. SO I WANTED TO BRING AWARENESS IF I COULD. YES. >> Council President: CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR INTERSECTION IS? >> Speaker: I'M ON, WESTERN AND 50th STREET. >> Council President: 5-0, OKAY, YOU'RE IN DISTRICT 8. WE'LL SEND SOMEBODY TO SPEAK TO YOU. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GOOD AMONGER, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: I'M HERE TO REMIND EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO DIVORCE YOURSELF FROM SCIENTOLOGY. LAST TIME I WAS HERE, IT IS PART OF OUR AUDIT'S COMMENT, I MADE THESE PAMPHLETS THAT HAVE ALL THE GROUPS THAT SCIENTOLOGY LIKES TO HIDE BEHIND WHETHER THAT'S HOMELESS OR IRANIAN PEOPLE. ANY TYPE OF STRUCTURE WHERE THE CITY IS ASKING FOR HELP, WHETHER THAT'S PRIVATE. THEY HAVE A HUGE RECRUITMENT SCAM ORGANIZATION. THIS IS GOING TO SHOW YOU ALL THE FRONT GROUPS, THE MAIN DEALER, THE MAIN FUNDERS, THINGS LIKE THAT. THEIR HIDDEN DRUG PROGRAMS. SO IF YOU DIDN'T GET ONE LAST TIME, I'LL BE AROUND. I NORMALLY WEAR GOLD SO YOU CAN FIND ME. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HELP GET SCIENTOLOGY OUT OF THE CITY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT HE SHALL GOT THIS. AND IF YOU GOT YOUR CHILD EXPERT PLEASE READ THAT AND THE EXPERT WITNESS. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. AND AS WE WAIT FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. MR. HERMAN, YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN WARNED. WHILE YOU'RE ABLE TO FILM, PLEASE DO SO IN A WAY THAT HARASSES OTHERS IN THE AUDIENCE. I NOTICED PEOPLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WAYS THAT YOU DO IT. GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Clerk: -- >> Speaker: ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU. >> Clerk: I'LL BE CALLING THE NEXT FEW NAMES. SMOKE AND SCAN, AUDIT L.A., LEMONT HARRIS AND JAMES FIN' COLAND. >> Speaker: SEAN. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK IS TO? >> Speaker: UP TO 10. 1 TO 10 AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO ITEM 2 IS NOT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 3 THROUGH 10 SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ITEM 1, I'M SUPPORTING. ITEM NUMBER 2, I MEAN ITEM NUMBER 3, I'M NOT SUPPORTING. ITEM NUMBER 4, I'M SUPPORTING. ITEM 5, I'M NOT SUPPORTING. ITEM NUMBER 6, I'M NOT SUPPORTING. ITEM NUMBER 7, I'M NOT SUPPORTING. ITEM NUMBER 8, IT'S ABOUT THE LIENS, ITEM NUMBER 9, I'M NOT SUPPORTING. ITEM 10, I'M NOT SUPPORTING. I'M SORRY TO BE AWAY SO LONG. I HAD TO WAIT FOR MY REAL ID. SHAME ON YOU KAREN BASS FOR FIRING CHIEF CROWLEY, I'M ANGRY WITH THAT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER, WELCOME BACK. STICK TO THE ITEMS AND THEN YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT DURING GENERAL OR YOU CAN MOVE TO GENERAL. >> Speaker: CAN YOU START MY TIME OVER. >> City Attorney: WE CAN GO TO GENERAL IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> Speaker: YEAH, START OVER. >> City Attorney: SOUF A MINUTE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SHAME ON YOU KAREN BASS, I HOPE YOU LOSE. WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE FOR MAYOR. I WAS NOT CRAZY ABOUT KAREN BASS, SHE DID WRONG. SHE OUGHT TO BE PUNISHED. I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE D-LINE OPENING UP SOON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I GREW UP, L.A.'S MIRACLE MILE. I MAY GO TO THE BOARD MEETING TOMORROW. DISY SILENAS, DON'T LET SPINDLER GET YOUR JOB. I LOVE YOU. YOU WELCOMED ME AT ONE OF YOUR EVENTS, PLEASE, I HOPE YOU WIN. KAREN BASS, KAREN BASS, F YOU. >> Clerk: BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, I'LL BE CALLING THE LAST TWO NAMES, ANDREW GRABNER AND MIKE JONES. >> Speaker: TESTING, TESTING. TESTING. OKAY, MR. LEE STILL OWES ME AN APOLOGY, JUST A REMINDER. >> City Attorney: HOLD ON, YOUR TIME HAS NOT STARTED. >> Speaker: MR. LEE STILL OWES ME AN APOLOGY. >> City Attorney: UNDERSTOOD. >> Council President: MR. CITY ATTORNEY, WE HAVE A RULE 23, IF YOU WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT. >> City Attorney: SO A SPECIAL 1 THAT IS A RULE 23 MOTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED BY THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR COUNCILMEMBER PARK, AND SO I RECOMMEND AT THIS TIME, THAT BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT COUNCIL VOTE ON THE FINDINGS FOR THAT. THE FINDINGS ARE IN THE AT THE TOP OF THE MOTION THAT WAS INTRODUCED, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN CIRCULATED AND CONFIRMED THAT IT'S BEEN POSTED ON THE BOARD FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. THIS IS RELATED TO A MUDSLIDE THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER THE AGENDA WAS POSTED AND, THERE IS THE IMMEDIATE NEED TO ACT BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY INVOLVING A SCARE WELL THAT CAN FALL INTO A ROADWAY. AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, IS CLOSED WE CAN VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ITEM, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Council President: OKAY, SO LET'S, OPEN THE ROLL ON THE FINDINGS. I DON'T SEE THE ROLL OPEN? DO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE THE OPENING THE ROLL ON THAT? WHAT'S THAT? OKAY. JUST NEED A LITTLE MOMENT. OKAY. >> City Attorney: AND WHILE WE'RE GIVING THE CLERK'S OFFICE A MINUTE TO INPUT THE ITEM, WAS THERE A SECOND ON THE MOTION? >> Council President: YEAH, IT WAS SIGNED BY--YOU SIGNED IT? HUGO. IT WAS SIGNED BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. FOR A SECOND. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY INPUTED WE CAN NOW OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, RULE 23 IS BEING UTILIZED. IT'S NOW CONSIDERED SPECIAL CAN WE MOVE BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YES WE CAN, SO JUST TO REITERATE THE ITEMS THAT ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AS PREVIOUSLY STATED ARE ITEM NUMBER 1, ITEMS 3 THROUGH 20, ITEMS 30 THROUGH 47 AND NOW SPECIAL ONE IS IN THE BACK OF THE BULLETIN BOARD. GO AHEAD, I BELIEVE THE WIRELESS MICROPHONE IS WORKING. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: AND MR. LEE STILL OWES ME AN APOLOGY. THAT BEING SAID, LET'S START WITH NUMBER 1, I SEE THE ABATEMENTS FOR CODE VIOLATIONS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THE ADDRESS THAT IS MISSING 4810, THE SCIENTOLOGY BUILDING, THERE IS BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. I KNOW CD13 GETS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS. I KNOW THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF, FOR WHETHER IT'S THE ILLEGAL - PLANTERS OR THEY HAVE BEEN FIND FOR DOING ALL KINDS OF WORK WITHOUT PERMITS. ALL KINDS OF STUFF AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY AND NOISE PROBLEMS, JUST ALL KINDS, KEEPING, TRAPPING PEOPLE, KEEPING PEOPLE FROM GOING DOWN THE STREET. >> City Attorney: SO I'M GOING TO ASK. YOU KNOW THE DRILL, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THANK YOU STICK TO THE ITEMS. YOU CAN SPEAK ABOUT THIS IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: THANK YOU, SIR FOR THE REMINDER. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. SO IS THE NEXT ONE, IS, WHILE I FIND IT, I'M GOING TO SAY HI TO SMOKING SCAN. IT'S THE FIRE AND SALARIES. IT'S SAD THAT THEY HAVE TO COME HERE AND ASK FOR MONEY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I NEVER SE THEM COMING, HEY CAN WE COVER OUR EXPENSES. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IS ALWAYS TREATED A LITTLE LESS SPECIAL. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY PROTECT US. BUT MY ONLY CAVEAT TO THAT IS STATION 60, I'M NOT SAYING DON'T PAY THEM. I HAVE A HEART FOR FIREFIGHTERS, I WOULD NEVER SAY, DON'T PAY THEM. BUT THEY ARE ON LIKE ACTUAL SPEED DIAL FOR SCIENTOLOGY, SO IF THEY BLOCKING ALL OF THEIR STREETS WITH, THEY, YOU KNOW, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THEY CAN CALL SCIENTOLOGY AND SAY--. >> City Attorney: AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING. I NEED TO YOU STICK TO THE ITEMS AS AGENDIZED OR YOU CAN MOVE TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, SO THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY. >> Speaker: OKAY. IT'S ABOUT THEIR PAYMENT, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. OKAY. THE OTHER ONE IS THE EMERGENCY, OKAY FROM THE STORMS AND STUFF, YES, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE FINDFUL OF THESE EMERGENCIES AND AFTER DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY, I GET IT BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WITH THE BIG FIRE T THE PALISADES FIRE, THAT SCIENTOLOGY, THEIR MINISTERIAL, THEY WERE TAKING TO--PLEASE BE MINDFUL NOT TO ALLOW THAT HAPPEN. AND PASSING OUT MUCH NEEDED FOOD THAT ARE NOT DISPLACED THAT COUNTS AS FRAUD. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THAT. I FORGET THE NUMBER OF WHERE IT SETS PARTIALTIAL STREET VACATION. I'M NOT GOING TO NOT ONLY SAY NO, BUT HEL NO. >> City Attorney: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: SO AGAIN, MR. LEE OWES ME AN APOLOGY AND SHOUT OUT TO SMOKING SCAN. I WANT TO TALK TO MR. CURREN PRICE THOUGH. SIR S I'M NOT SURE AWARE OF THIS. SCIENTOLOGY, THEY KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PREVENT PEDESTRIANS FROM WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK EVEN DURING PERMITTED EVENTS, SPECIAL PERMIT EVENTS. IT'S ILLEGAL. BUT SOMEHOW SCIENTOLOGY WENT TO YOUR OFFICE AND SOMEHOW A DEAL GOT MADE TO WHERE THEY MAKE IT A LIMITED PASSAGE WAY. THEY HAD THE SCIENTOLOGY PEOPLE ON 4th STREET AND SIDEWALKS, CHECKING IDs, IMAGINE SCIENTOLOGY, CHECKING IDs. AND THERE WAS A BIG GAME. HOW DOES SCIENTOLOGY KNOW IF SOMEBODY BELONGS THERE OR NOT? MAYBE IT'S DOOR DASH OR SOMETHING. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ?AOUF A MINUTE, GO HEAD. >> Speaker: GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 27 AND ITEM 31. THE L.A. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STRONGLY SUPPORTS ITEM 27 DIRECTING THE CITY TO REPORT AN EXISTING CITY PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE REGULAR AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO LEGACY RESTAURANTS AND ALSO INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT CAN SUPPORT LEGACY RESTAURANTS AND FINANCIAL CRISIS. LEGACY RESTAURANTS REPRESENT MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO EAT BUT OFTEN COMMUNITY. THEY ANCHOR AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S DIVERSITY, CULTURE, LOCAL ECONOMY AND WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT ITEM 27 AND ITEM 31 AS SMALL BUSINESS TAX EXEMPTION THRESHOLD INCREASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. I SEE. SO MR. HERMAN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: YO, YO, YO, SMOKING SCAN, DID YOU HEAR THE NEWS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT? THAT THE LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT SWORN IN SALARIES WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL OR VOTE? RIGHT, SMOKING SCAN? WHAT THE FUCK? THE MAYOR WAS IN UGANDA PLAYING WITH HER PUS, WHAT WAS SHE DOING IN AFRICA? >> City Attorney: I NEED TO YOU STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS OR I'M GOING TO MOVE TO YOU PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU KNOW THE RULES. >> Speaker: GOD DAMN SWORN BONUSES FOR THE FUCKEN OVERTIME FOR THE GENERAL 1,000 ACCOUNT NUMBER 001092 OVERTIME, YOU FUCK COK SUCKER. DID HE HEAR ME NOW, SMOKING SCAN? APPARENTLY SO. BUT LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. 33, PROPOSITION HHH. HERMAN HERMAN HERMAN HAS TOLD BUT THIS PROPOSITION BOND STEALING LIKE MR. CARVALHO FROM LAUSD. SO AGAIN, THE ISSUE FOR THE BOND IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, IT VIOLATES EVERY HOMELESS AMERICAN, EVERY VETERAN'S RIGHT TO HOUSING, WHERE IS IS THE STOLEN MONEY? RAMAN NOODLE? WHO IS ON THE COMMITTEES? WHO IS ON THE AGENDA OF THOSE COMMITTEE BOB? ARE YOU LISTENING? I'M ON ITEM 33, 25-FUCK GROAT 1431 ON THE AGENDA THIS DAY. THEN I GO INTO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE AGENDA, DICK HEAD LIKE ITEM 45, YOLANDA WHITE VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THE INCIDENT INVOLVING A TRIP AND FALL. WELL MS. JURADO, I TRIPPED AND FILED IN BOYLE HEIGHTS AT THE EVERGREEN PATH. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR IT? >> City Attorney: IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK TO THE ITEM, YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THE THAT SPECIFIC ITEM. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT YOUR INCIDENT,YOU NEED TO DO THAT IN GENERAL. >> Speaker: I'M ON 47 NOW, IS THAT ONE ON TOPIC? THAT ONE STATES, COUNCIL RECESS MAY HAVE A CLOSED SESSION REGARDING GOLDEN ENTROPHY. REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID IN VIOLATION OF BROWN ACT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. AT THIS POINT, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> Speaker: I GIVE A FUCK, SMOKING SCAN JUST LIKE YOU. I'M ON ANY NON-AGENDA PUBLIC FUCKEN COMMENT. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK, YOU DOG-EATING FAT FUCK MOTHER FUCKER, YOU CONTINUOUSLY SAY I'M VIDEO TAPING THE AUDIENCE, IT'S A PUBLIC BUILDING ASSHOLE! NAYS PUBLIC PLACE SMRAIM SMOKING SCAN. NOW I DON'T THINK I GIVE A FUCK. FUCK YOU GROAT, I DON'T GIVE A FUCK. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE JUDGE SAID, CAROL BOSE, GOODSEND REGARDING LOS ANGELES VERSUS MICHAEL HUNT. SO FUCK YOURSELF GROAT. 40 USC 19 43, AND FUCK YOU ALL WHO BELIEVES IN DEMORATS, I'M GLAD DONALD TRUMP CRUSHED YOUR ASS AND SHOWS YOU THE WAY. AND FUCK LAUSD. >> City Attorney: AND YOUR TIME IS UP. IF YOU'VE BEEN WARNED, SO IF YOU DISRUPT THE MEETING AGAIN YOU'LL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. REMINDING YOU AS A COURTESY. JUST TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS THAT MR. HERMAN SAID, MR. HERMAN, WE TOED THAT YOU'RE ALLOWED TO FILM IN THE ROOM, BUT WE ASKED YOU TO NOT DO THAT IN A WAY THAT HARASSES. >> SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> City Attorney: MR. PRESIDENT, HE'S BEEN WARNED. KO*UPS PLEASE SERGEANTS, REMOVE HIM RIGHT AWAY. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. YOU CONTINUE TO DISRUPT THE MEETING. I DON'T WANT TO YOU STRAIN YOUR VOICE, PLEASE, PLEASE REMOVE. PLEASE LEAVE AND PLEASE, WE WISH YOU THAT YOU CAN GET HELP. AND IS ASSISTANCE. >> City Attorney: SO AS I WAS TRYING TO SAY. I SAW MULTIPLE PEOPLE WITH COIL BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY THAT YOU WERE FILMING. >> Council President: HE'S BEING ESCORTED OUT NOW, GET OUT. [SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND] >> Council President: WE WISH YOU WELL, PLEASE LEAVE. >> City Attorney: SORRY, SPEAKER, GO AHEAD, WHICH ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: I'LL SPEAK ON ALL ITEMS AND GENERAL COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: ITEM 1 FOR ABATEMENT FOR INCOMPETENT SLEAZY DAWSON, AND PRICE ARE RIPPING UP THE PUBLIC FORUM. DAWSON AND PRICE ARE LINING THEIR CORRUPT POCKETS WITH KICKBACKS FROM ABATEMENT COMPANIES WHEN THE PUBLIC GETS NOTHING BUT LIENS. WE HAVE A CRIMINAL IN THE COURTHOUSE AND CITY COUNCIL CRIMINALS DAWSON AND PRICE HANDING OUT LIENS TO THE PUBLIC. I DEMAND THAT THE CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC VIA THESE ABATEMENT LIENS BE REFERRED TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND THE CRIMES BE ADDED TO THE EVIDENCE AGAINST CAREER CURREN PRICE AS HIS EMBEZZLEMENT TRIAL IN MARCH. ITEM 30 BY INCANE INCOMPETENT DAWSON AND GENOCIDE BLUMENFIELD IS REGARDING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO THE INCOMPETENT CLOWN COUNCIL ALLOWING 69,000 STRUCTURE OF THE PEOPLE TO BURN TO THE GROUND. IT SAYS THE FIRE WAS DUE TO THE WINDS BUT THIS SHOULD BE REWORDED THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO THE SLAES' COUNCIL INCOMPETENCE BY KAREN BASS PARTYING IN AFRICA AND MARQUEECE INCOMPETENCE BY GIVING A BILLION DOLLARS TO LAPD. BECAUSE THE CAMPAIGN GAVE CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE FIRE DOES NOT. I DEMAND THAT THE TRUE CAUSE WORDINGS BE ADD TO THE THIS ITEM. THE TRUE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS INCOMPETENCE OF THESE COUNCIL CLOWNS. NUMBER 33 IS A REPORT FOR THE FRAOU CAUSE OF HHH HOMELESS BOND FUNDS, THIS REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE THE FACT THAT SLEAZELY MARQUEECE' DAWSON IS THE AUTHOR OF HH BOND AND IT WAS WRITTEN BY. SHORT LITTLE CRIMINAL TO LINE THE POCKETS OF DEVELOPERS AND CONSULTANTS BY BUILDING LITTLE TINY TINY CRACKER BOX UNITS AT OVER 800,000 PER UNIT. NOT PER PROJECT BUT 800,000 PER UNIT. I DEMAND THAT THIS HHH BOND SHOW HOW MUCH REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTION RIGHT SIDE GIVEN TO EACH OF THE SLEAZY COUNCIL CRIMINALS. I DEMAND THAT THIS REPORT INCLUDED THE TRUE COST OF THESE CRIMINALS DAWSON'S HHH BOND TO BE EXPRESSED IN THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS AND CITIZENS AND HOW THE HHH BOND COMMONITY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONTINUING 80,000 PLUS HOMELESS AEP DEM --EPIDEMIC. PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. >> Speaker: THE PRESENTATION ON BLACK HISTORY MAKES ME WANT TO VOMIT. SLEAZY MARQUEECE' DAWSON EVICTED THE EPHEBA CENTER. WITH VOTES LIKE DIM WIT HUTT AND BLUMENFIELD. THAT'S WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT BLACK CULTURE, PUBLIC. WHEN YOU HIRE CLOWNS, YOU GET A CIRCUS. DIM WIT NITHYA RAMAN IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR. I GUESS A PEDOPHILE CAN BE PRESIDENT, NITHYA CAN BE MAYOR. DAWSON'S AREA IS A FOOD DESERT WITH THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE. THIS IS OUR SLEAZY COUNCIL PRESIDENT. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME HAS EX SPIEDER. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL ITEMS INCLUDING THE SPECIAL THING THAT YOU READ INTO THE RECORD AND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: SO ITEM 30 IS RELATED TO THE UPDATED EMERGENCY DECLARATION FROM THE FIRES. SO, AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS RECOVERY HAS BEEN KIND OF SLOW, AND VERY FOCUSED ON REBUILDING FOR THE OLYMPICS, THAT IS BEING BROUGHT BY A SEX PREDATOR FOR INSTEAD OF, PRIORITIZING REBUILDING COMMUNITIES AND REBUILDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND OF COURSE, AS WE ALL KNOW THE FIRES WERE NOT HANDLED VERY WELL. THERE IS MORE, MORE ITEMS KINDS OF RELATED TO THAT COMING UP. SO, WE HAVE ITEM 32, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE SWORN CIVILIAN SALARY ACCOUNTS, OBVIOUSLY YOU DECIDED, YOU WOULD RATHER CUT ALL OF THEIR FUNDING A FEW YEARS AGO, TO GIVE A BUNCH OF MONEY TO THE LAPD TO SHOOT AND KILL PEOPLE. SO NOW, YOU HAVE, TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT ALL OF THIS MONEY TO GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THAT IF THERE IS ANOTHER WILDFIRE INCIDENT LIKE WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, MAYBE THEY CAN ACTUALLY PUT OUT THE FIRE A LITTLE FASTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INTERESTING. YOU CAN SPEND MORE MONEY ON LIABILITY PAY OUTS TO FIX ALL OF OUR SCREW UPS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PREVENT THEM FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE HAVE ITEM 38 WHICH IS RELATED TO WHAT BALLOT MEASURES, SO HOPEFULLY, SOME OF THESE LOOK LIKE THEY'RE A LITTLE CONFUSING BUT I KNOW YOU ASSIGN RANDOM LETTERS, SORT OF MAKE SENSE, I DON'T KNOW, I'LL FIGURE IT OUT, I GUESS. HOPEFULLY, THERE WILL BE BALLOT MEASURES RELATE TODAY CHARTER REFORM IF THEY EVER GET OFF THEIR AS ES AND TRIES TO PUT ANYTHING REASONABLE IN THE BALLOT. >> City Attorney: STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE. >> Speaker: LET'S GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: YOU HAVE A MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: SO I DID A LITTLE THINKING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON LAST NIGHT WITH THE STATE OF THE UNION, SO I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW, THEY TARGETED A BLACK MEMBER OF CONGRESS FOR HOLDING UP A PROTEST SIGN AGAINST TRUMP'S RACISM. AND I THINK YOU ALL WORKED ALONGSIDE SOMEBODY WHO SAID SOME VERY SIMILAR THINGS FOR TWO YEARS. ALMOST ALL OF YOU DID THAT. AND YOU WERE VERY PROUD OF IT, YOU ALL EXCITEDLY WORKING ALONGSIDE, VOTING FOR HIS MOTION S AND THINGS LIKE THAT. MOST OF YOU WERE NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION, HEY! LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT, TIM, KATY, HUGO, LET'S LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS NOT CHITCHAT TIME, THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT TIME. BUT YOU DON'T CARE. NONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE A DAM ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY. WHY DON'T YOU READ THE SPECIAL MOTIONS INTO THE RECORD? I HAD TO RUN OVER HERE TO LOOK AT IT. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD MORNING, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ACTUALLY, IN GENERAL. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. GO AHEAD. >> Speaker: MY NAME IS MICHAEL JONES AND WHAT I'M HERE ABOUT TODAY IS IN REGARDS TO, GIVE ME ONE SECOND. BASICALLY, IT'S MANY OF THE CORE DOLLARS WITHIN IN OUR CITY STRUGGLE WITH SIDEWALK DEBRIS AS WELL AS ADA DISTRACTIONS AND FEW OF THEM HAVE CLEAN ENERGY CAREER PATH FOR THE YOUTH. WHAT WOIZ LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THE CITY SUPPORTS, YOU KNOW, THE SANITATION PRIORITIES, ELECTRIFICATION, THE GOALS AND EQUITY BASE WORKFORCE OBJECTORS. SO I'M PROPOSE ING SIDEWALK CLEAN UP DONE BY THE YOUTH AND TRAINING YOUTH ON MAINTAINING THESE SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE SOLAR SHADE AND STRUCTURES WERE VIABLE AND PAID YOUTH JOBS, TIED TO REAL INSTALLATIONS, BECAUSE WHAT IT DOES IT BEAUTIFIES THE CORRIDOR AND IMPROVES THE ACCESS AS WELL AS THE SUPPORTS THE CLIMATE GOALS AND CREATES CAREER PATHWAYS. >> City Attorney: YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: NEXT SPEAKER. >> Council President: THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: GOOD MORNING, WHAT ITEMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO? >> Speaker: ALL AVAILABLE PUBLIC COMMENT ITEMS, CAN YOU TELL ME? >> City Attorney: YES, SO THE ITEMS OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ARE 1 AND 3 THROUGH 20 WHICH ARE LIEN ITEMS AND ITEMS 30 THROUGH 47 AS WELL AS SPECIAL 1. GO AHEAD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE ITEMS AND ONE MINUTE FOR GENERAL. >> Speaker: ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, FAMILY, DR. TRUTH BAY POLICY FOR THE SIXTH REGION. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE LIENS. YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 20 LIENS ON THIS ROLL ALONE. STARTING IN 1026 TO AS HIGH 4036. SO YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 31,935.93 OF LIENS. LIENS THAT YOU KNOW ARE ILLEGAL, BUT THIS IS HOW THE CITY MAKES MONEY. SO IF YOU'RE AN OWNER THAT PAID AND SOME SF THEM PAID ALREADY, GOT BLESS THEM. SOME OF THEM PAID THESE LIENS, WE FIND ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE MONEY FAMILY. SO, WE GOT 72, 7923 CANYON ROAD AS WELL AS OTHERS AND SOME ARE FIGHTING THESE LIENS. SO, MS., WHAT'S HER NAME? AGNUS, AGNUS ROSEENFIELD IS IS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK THAT IS COLLECTING THESE LIENS, PRIOR IT WAS CHARLES. I SAY THIS TO SAY, THAT IT'S HURTFUL WHEN YOU HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND WHEN YOU PLACE THESE LIENS THAT YOU KNOW ARE UNFOUNDED UNSOUNDED UPON, IT KIND OF, DISCOURAGED THEM ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE TAX PAYING CITIZENS TO FIND HOPE AND INSPIRATION WHEN YOU GOT TO PAY 1276 WHICH IS AN AVERAGE NUMBER FOR MOST OF THEM. INTERESTING NUMBER. SO LET'S WORK ON, HOUSING, SHALL WE? SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY, PER SE, ANY HOUSING AGENDAS BUT, I DO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR AND WHEN I'M SPEAK ISING, YOU KNOW, COULD AT LEAST LOOK UP, YOU KNOW, AND SAY, HEY, I SEE YOU, RATHER THAN LOOK DOWN, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. >> City Attorney: SPEAKER I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU STICK TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. >> Speaker: IF YOU DON'T MIND, CITY ATTORNEY, BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE 52 SECONDS AND I'M SPEAKING ON THE LIENS. I'M NOT HERMAN, SO LET ME FINISH MY SPEECH BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO ANYTHING I'M SAYING ANYWAY. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO ANYTHING YOU WANT. I'M SAYING FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING LIENS ON, DO NOT CONTINUE TO DO THAT. BECAUSE IT IS MORALLY WRONG! SIMPLE, A 5-YEAR-OLD CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. NOW FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. >> City Attorney: OKAY, SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE. >> Speaker: SO THIS IS THE END OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NEXT MONTH WILL BE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS EVERY DAY. WE DON'T NEED A CELEBRATION AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN YOU TREAT US THE CRAP THE REST OF THE YEAR. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS HOUSE RESOLUTION 194 TO BE UTILIZED AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE MADE INTO A LAW, THIS INCLUDES THE UNITED NATIONS, I KNOW A LOT OF US ARE JUST LOCAL BUT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE UNITED NATIONS AS YOU'VE SEEN THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS YESTERDAY WAS BEYOND A JOKE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSE HADING, YOU GUYS NEED TO DO BETTER. YOU NEED TO DO BETTER, 23 MILLION DOLLARS TO ANDREW ZOOTER FOR ABUNDANT BLESSINGS AND YOU'RE STILL FUNDING LAHSA. YOU STILL HAVE LAHSA ON THE BALLOT? COME ON GUYS, COME ON NOW. SO WE HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE ABLE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE UNITS AND WE JUST NEED YOUR HOUSING DEPUTY, LEGISLATIVE DEPUTY TO APPROVE IT. THANK YOU. >> City Attorney: THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. WHAT IS NOW BEFORE US? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON ITEMS 1, 4 THROUGH 6, 8, 11, 13 THROUGH 17, 19 THROUGH 20, 30, 32 THROUGH 37 AND 39 THROUGH 41. >> Council President: OKAY, THOSE ARE BEFORE US. SEEING NO MEMBERSED ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL. CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, NEXT WE'LL MOVE TO 42 THROUGH 47, WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK READ THE SETTLEMENT. >> Clerk: THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT. FOR THE CASE NUMBER 42, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND TOUP $200,000 IN SELTMENTMENT FOR ITEM 43 IN THE CASE RICHARD GUS MAN ET AL VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND MARGARET HILL VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND UP TO $250,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 44 MARIA GUADALUPE VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO $120,000 IN SETTLEMENT. FOR ITEM 45 IN THE CASE YOLANDA WHITE VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXPEND UP TO 260,000 IN SET SLMENT. FOR ITEM 46 IN THE CASE ENTITLED HILDA COMBS VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RECOMMENDATIONS. FOR ITEM 47 IN THE CASE ENTITLED GOLDEN INC. TR*S A RECOMMENDATION TO WAIVE 162,589.51 IN PENALTY THAT WERE ASSESSED FOLLOWING AN AUDIT OF BUSINESS TAX YEARS 2018 THROUGH 2023. THANK YOU. >> Council President: OKAY, ANY MEMBERS WISH TO BE HEARD ON THESE? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: ALL RIGHT, THOSE MEASURES ARE AGREED TO. WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE A VOTE ON 3 AND 7 MOTION BLUMENFIELD HARRIS-DAWSON TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LIENS. >> Council President: OKAY, SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. JAOT 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THOSE ARE AGREED. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY VOTE ON 9, 10 AND 12, MOTION NAZARIAN AND RODRIGUEZ TO RECEIVE AND FILE THOSE LIENS. >> Council President: OKAY, SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, LET'S AGREED TO. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE ITEM NUMBER 18, TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE LIEN. >> Council President: OKAY. THAT IS NOW BEFORE US, SEEING NO MEMBER ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THOSE ARE AGREED TO. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM 26 CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ FOR COMMENTS. >> Council President: ITEM 26 IS BEFORE US AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WHEN I FIRST STEREOED THIS MOTION, MY GOAL WAS TO USE EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR TO INVEST IN SAFETY AND VISIBILITY AND PROTECTION OF OUR KIDS. BOND SET ASIDE FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 DIRECTING OVER 800,000 DOLLARS TOWARDS LAKE' MIDDLE SCHOOL TO MAKE THE STREETS AROUND THE CAMPUS SAFER FOR THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THE UPGRADES HELP MODERNIZE THE CORRIDOR COVERING EVERYTHING FROM NEW BIKE ROUTES, HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALK AND SIDEWALK EXTENSION AND TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES. THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER HUTT FOR SECKING MY MOTION. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR LEADING THE IMPLEMENTATION, THIS IS WHAT RESPONSIBLE AND INVESTMENT TRULY LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS PRACTICING STREET SAFETY THAT ARE WORKING CLASS FAMILIES IN MY DISTRICT. NAMELY WESTLAKE AND PICO UNION WILL SEE AND FEEL EVERY DAY. I'M PROUD TO STAND WITH THE FAMILIES IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT TODAY. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT MEASURE IS AGREED TO. NEXT ITEM. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO ITEM 31 FOR COMMENTS CALLED SPECIAL BY COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER RODRIGUEZ, YOU'RE. >> M. Rodriguez: THANK YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER YAROSLAVSKY, I KNOW AS WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FISCAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE IS APPREHENSION ABOUT HOW WE MAY GIVE SOME GRACE TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THEIR OPERATIONS. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT OUR CHALLENGES ARE WITH OUR GENERAL FUND AND OUR FISCAL CIRCUMSTANCES. AND WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS A CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO GIVING SPACE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO EFFECTIVELY COMPETE PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHEN WE SEE A NUMBER OF OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES THAT ARE FRANKLY FOR COMPETITIVE IN CREATING A HOSPITABLE ENVIRONMENT. 20 YEARS AGO, WE CREATED A 100,000 SMALL BUSINESS EXEMPTION THRESHOLD FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. AND THIS TWO-DECADE OLD FIGURE DESPITE INFLATION AND DESPITE RISING OPERATING COSTS HAS CONTINUED TO LEAVE US AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE AND IT'S TIME TO THAT WE START SHOWING UP AS A CITY TO HELP ADVANCE SOME THOUGHTFUL PLICIES AROUND EXPANDING THAT EXCEPTION TO EFFECTIVELY COMPETE FOR OPENING UP THEIR BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. IN MOTION IS NOT ONLY GOING INVESTIGATE HOW WE DO THAT IN SEEKING THE OFFICE OF FINANCE TO HELP IDENTIFY WHAT THAT THRESHOLD WOULD LOOK LIKE BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP BROADEN OUR NET TO GET A BIGGER RETURN ON INVESTMENTS WHEN SMALL BUSINESSES CHOOSE TO OPERATE HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SO THAT COUPLED WITH AND I ALSO WANTED RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ALSO SUPPORT THE LEGACY BUSINESSES IN LOS ANGELES ESPECIALLY THE SMALL RESTAURANTS AND ALL THE RESTAURANTS FRANKLY THAT ARE STRUGGLING IN OUR CITY. THIS IS THE SUITE OF MOTION THAT'S I'M ADVANCING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SHOW UP AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND WE NEED TO SHOW UP AS A CITY TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPETE AND PROVIDE THOSE JOB OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. SO, AGAIN, MY THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ADVANCING THESE MOTIONS OUT OF THEIR COMMITTEES SO WE CAN BEGIN THIS CRITICAL WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT LOS ANGELES SHOWS UP FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT CREATE JOBS IN OUR CITY. AND I ASK FOR YOUR AYE-VOTE. >> Council President: THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTE. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT MEASURE IS AGREED TO. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THANK YOU, THE COUNCIL MAY TAKE UP ITEM 38 AS AMENDED BY HARRIS-DAWSON YAROSLAVSKY. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT MEASURE IS BEFORE US, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS WISHING TO BE HEARD. SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE. LET'S OPEN ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. JAOLT 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT MEASURE IS AGREED TO. WHAT IS NEXT? >> Clerk: MR. CHAIR, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SEND THAT ITEM FORTHWITH. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, FL BE SENT FORTHWITH. >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL MAY MOVE TO SPECIAL 1. >> Council President: OKAY, SPECIAL 1 IS NOW BEFORE US. DOES ANYONE WISH TO BE HEARD ON SPECIAL 1? SEEING NO MEMBERS ON THE QUEUE, LET'S OPEN THE ROLL, CLOSE THE ROLL, TALLY THE VOTES. >> Clerk: 13 AYES. >> Council President: OKAY, THAT SPECIAL MOTION IS AGREED. WHAT'S NEXT? >> Clerk: THE COUNCIL HAS MOTIONED FOR POSTING AND REFERRAL. >> Council President: WITHOUT OBJECTION, THEY ARE POSTED AND REFERRED. >> Clerk: THE DESK IS CLEAR. >> Council President: THE DESK IS CLEAR, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. AND WE'LL START WERE COUNCILMEMBER JURADO. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS IS A BITTERSWEET MOMENT FOR COUNCIL DISTRICT 14, COME ON, JOIN US. AND FOR EVERYONE IN THIS CHAMBER BECAUSE WE'RE CELEBRATE ISING THE CAREER THAT HAS HELPED SHAPE LOS ANGELES, AND SAYING A HEARTFELT GOOD-BYE TO A DEAR COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND. CRYSTA KLEIN. [APPLAUSE] CRYSTA'S CAREER IS THE KIND THAT BUILDS A CITY FROM HER EARLIEST DAYS WITH CD13 WITH THEN COUNCILMEMBER VILLA VILLARAIGOSA TO LEADING IN DISTRICT 11 WITH COUNCILMEMBER BONIN TO GUIDING THE AGENDA FOR MAYOR BASS AND FINALLY BRINGING HER TALENTS BACK TO CD14 SHE HAS HELPED TURN OUR VALLEYS INTO RESULTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SHE HAS DONE THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MAKES GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY WORK, MENTORING STAFF AND SOLVING THE PROBLEM, NO ONE ELSE CAN SEE YET. KEEPING THIS PLACE MOVING AND MAKING SURE THAT BOLD IDEAS BECOME REAL OUTCOMES PEOPLE CAN SEE AND FEEL. AND IN OUR DISTRICT, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REPAIR NOW OVER 400 LIGHTS IN OUR DISTRICT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR CRYSTA'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY FAMILY AND BEING ABLE TO COBBLE TOGETHER THAT PROGRAM FOR STREET LIGHTING PROGRAM, IT WAS ALL THANKS TO CRYSTA. AND YOU CAN SEE HER WORK IN THE ACROSS THE CITY IN CD14 WITH THOSE LIGHTS BUT ALSO IN THE SCREEN BUILDING AND SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES THAT MADE OUR CITY A NATIONAL LEADER IN ENERGY EFFICIENT INVESTMENT THAT LOWERED COSTS FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND STREET LIGHT RESTORATION. THE THINGS ANGELINOS CAN SEE AND FEEL IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. AT GRATITUDE SHE HAS EARNED FROM COLLEAGUES ACROSS DEPARTMENT, COUNCIL OFFICES AND THE MAYOR OFFICE STAND A TESTAMENT TO HER EXTRAORDINARY WORK AND INTEGRITY WITH WHICH SHE HAS CARRIED IT OUT. FOR FRESHMEN COUNCIL OFFICE, CRYSTA HAS BEEN OUR COUNCILMEMBER PASS, CITY HALL INENCYCLOPEDIA AND IN HER OWN WORDS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS HERE TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM, PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. THIS CITY IS STRONGER BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO SERVE IT. NOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? [LAUGHTER] NO? COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO I THINK THERE IS A QUEUE. >> Council President: YEAH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COLLEAGUES ON THE QUEUE. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH COUNCILMEMBER RAMAN AND THEN HUTT AND THEN SOTO-MARTINEZ. >> N. Raman: CRYSTA, I'M SAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE MOVING ON TO YOUR NEXT STEP. BUT I WANT TODAY STAND UP AND APPRECIATE YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR OFFICE. WHEN I FIRST STARTED, YOUR EXPERTISE HELPED TEACH MY STAFF HOW TO NAVIGATE WHEN WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COME IN THE BUILDING. AND IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY JUST AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE AND WE WERE SO GRATEFUL FOR IT. YOU WERE ABLE TO EVEN HOST YOU IN OUR OFFICE FOR A FEW MONTHS, BEFORE YOU MOVED ON TO SERVE THE NEW MAYOR, AND EVEN DURING THAT TIME, I FEEL LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO JUST OBSERVE THE EXTENT OF EXPERTISE THAT YOU HAD ABOUT HOW THE CITY WORKED AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THE CITY WORK FOR THE DISTRICT. I'M REALLY GRATEFUL BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IT'S NOT EVERYONE THAT TAKES TIMEOUT FROM THEIR OWN DIFFICULT JOB, BECAUSE YOU HAD A VERY TOUGH JOB AT THE TIME. TO PROVIDE NA GUIDANCE, MENTORSHIP AND EXPERTISE FOR PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING. AND YOU DID IT NOT JUST BECAUSE YOU SHARED VALUES BECAUSE YOU CARED THAT EVERY DISTRICT FELT THAT SUCCESS. THAT EVERY DISTRICT WAS ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUILDING YOU HAD AND SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER McOSKER? >> T. McOsker: CRYSTA, WE GO WAY BACK. IT WAS OVER 20 YEARS AGO, I DON'T WANT TO AGE, BUT I HAVE CARRIED THE AGE BUT YOU HAVEN'T. I REMEMBER 20 YEARS BEING IN JIM HAN'S OFFICE AND YOU WERE IN ANTONIO'S OFFICE. ONE NIGHT I WAS LEAVING CITY HALL AND I SAW A BROKEN DOWN CAR, YOU REMEMBER THAT? YOU DO. I SAW A BROKEN DOWN CAR, SO I PULLED OVER BECAUSE A VERY YOUNG WOMEN WAS TRYING TO MANAGE. I GOT OUT IN TRAFFIC AND SI PUSHED YOUR CAR OFF TO THE SIDE REMEMBER. AND A LITTLE LATER, I FOUND OUT OH SHE WORKS FOR ANTONIO. I WOULD HAVE DONE IT ANYWAY. [LAUGHTER] BUT, IT'S BEEN SO GREAT TO WORK WITH YOU IN DIFFERENT ROLES OVER THE YEARS. WHEN I WAS OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING, HAVING YOU TO GO TO AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS SO KNOWLEDGEABLE AND COMING BACK TO THE BUILDING AND HAVING YOU WORK IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, FABULOUS CAREER, CONGRATULATIONS, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES. AND BEST WISHES. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HUTT. >> H. Hutt: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. CRYSTA, YOU KNOW I CAME IN AN ODD SITUATION AND YOU WERE THERE TO HELP ME GET THROUGH IT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, HOW YOU SERVED THE CITY AND YOU YOU MAKE IT FUN. YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND THE BEST SHOES BY THE WAY. AND SO, CONGRATULATIONS, ON THE NEXT PART OF YOUR JOURNEY. I REALLY HOPE IT SERVES YOU LIKE YOU'VE SERVED THE CITY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER SOTO-MARTINEZ? >> H. Soto-Martinez: WELL I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE SHARING THE FEELINGS ARE BEING FELT BY MANY OF US, SADNESS, HAPPINESS. BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME AND MY FAMILY PUT THE STAFF TOGETHER, YOU GAVE ME A LOT OF GREAT ADVISE. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TRAINING THE FOLKS THAT ARE NOW CHIEF OF STAFF AND DIRECTORS AND MY SCHEDULER, BEHIND ME IS A KATE, AND SOPHIA, ASKING HER TO COME DOWN TO SAY THANKS ALSO AND ALSO DAVID, THEIR INCREDIBLE, MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM BUT YOU KNOW, IT TAKES SOMEBODY TO MOLD THEM AND INSPIRE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND CERTAINLY YOU'VE LEFT YOUR MARK IN OUR OFFICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> Council President: COUNCILMEMBER HERNANDEZ. >> E. Hernandez: THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. CRYSTA, I MET YOU A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN YOU WERE IN COUNCILMEMBER BO BO* ANYONE'S OFFICE. --BONIN'S OFFICE. AND FROM THE MOMENT I MET YOU, YOU'VE BEEN KIND. YOU PRINTED OUT THE RULES FOR SO I CAN FIGURE IT OUT. YOU'VE BEEN HELPFUL TO MY TEAM. I'M EXCITED FOR TO YOU CONTINUE, OUTSIDE OF THIS BUILDING AND I HOPE IT'S AS JOYFUL AS PEOPLE TELL US THAT IT IS WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE. DON'T GO TOO FAR BECAUSE WE NEED FOLKS THAT KNOW HOW TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND CITY FAMILY TOGETHER TO GET THINGS DONE. AGAIN, GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: CRYSTA, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, NOT JUST YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY BUT THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE JOB AND THE CARING WAY THAT YOU'VE DONE IT. THANK YOU ON THE BEHALF OF THE CITY AND I'LL TURN IT BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER JURADO TO CLOSE. >> Y. Jurado: THANK YOU, SO MUCH COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH CRYSTA FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. YOU KNOW HOW IT IS, ON BEHALF OF CITY OF LOS ANGLES! [APPLAUSE] >> Council President: OKAY, WHILE THEY'RE TAKE A PHOTO ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. >> Clerk: MR. CHAIR, THERE IS A REQUEST TO SPEND SPECIAL 1 FORTH W. >> Council President: RIGHT UNDER THE WIRE. WE'LL SEND THAT FORTHWITH. OKAY, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COLLEAGUES? OKAY. THERE --ARE THERE ANY ADJOURNING MOTIONS TODAY? OKAY, IF I CAN ASK EVERYONE IN THE CHAMBERS TO RISE FOR ADJOURNING MOTIONS AND WE WILL GO TO COUNCILWOMAN HUTT. SKH*UT THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. TODAY I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE LOVING MEMORY OF CURTIS ROBINSON JUNIOR. ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 1954 CURTIS ROBINSON JUNIOR WAS BORN IN VANS MISSISSIPPI, TO HIS PROUD PARENTS. AS THE OLDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN HE EMBRACED RESPONSIBILITY EARLY IN LIFE. BY THE AGE OF 15 CURTIS WAS ALREADY TO SUPPORTING HIS FAMILY AND HIS COMMUNITY. WORKING AFTER SCHOOL, ALONGSIDE HIS FATHER, AND BROTHER AT THE FAMILY'S MOBILE GAS STATION. IN 1972, HE GRADUATED FROM JUNE PER SARAH HIGH SCHOOL AND WENT ON TO STUDY BUSINESS AT CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE. CURTIS BUILT A DIS TINGUISHED CAREER WITH CALIFORNIA, CREATE A FAITH OF THE SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. HE WAS A DEVOTED SERVER AND CHRISTIAN. HE SERVED AS AME CHURCH WHERE HE FAITHFULLY SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE MEN'S CHOIR, THE MEN'S BIBLE STUDY AND THE USHER BOARD. HE WAS DEVOTED AND SO PROUD TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY. HIS LOVE FOR THE LORD AND DEDICATION TO CHURCH SERVICE REMAIN CONSTANT, UP UNTIL HIS TRANSITION ON FEBRUARY 4, 2026. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, HIS LOVING WIFE, DEVOTED CHILDREN AND STEP BROTHER, BELOVED BROTHER AND SISTERS, NINE CHERISHED GRANDCHILDREN WHO WERE HIS PRIDE AND JOY. ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD AND DEAR COUSINS AND A HOST OF OTHER LOVING RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. MAY CURTIS BE AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND EACH OTHER. MAY HE REST IN POWER. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS? LOOK TO GO MY LEFT. MR. PRICE. >> C. Price: THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I RISE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF MARY G LONG ALDNAL. MARY WAS HER FAMILY'S PEACE DOVE AND GUIDING GUIDE. CALLED BACK HOME ON FEBRUARY 7, 2026, LIVING 97 YEARS PARKED WITH FAITH, WISDOM AND LOVE. THROUGH HER BELIEVE BECAME A CHAMPION OF JUSTICE WHILE SHIELDING HER FAMILY. BORE WITNESS TO A CENTURY OF CHANGE, STANDING STRONG THROUGH HISTORY'S EVOLVING TIDES WHILE ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPE. ATTENDED DR. MARTIN KING'S JUNIOR'S "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH. ELECTION OF OUR FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA, A MOMENT SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD NEVER SEE IN HER LIFETIME. REMAINED COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. AS THE BODY ADJOURNS, IN HONOR OF MARY G LONG, LET IT BE REMEMBERED THAT HER LASTING LEGACY BE REMEMBERED FOR MORAL COURAGE AND DISTINCTION AND LOVE THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE ALL THE LIVES SHE TOUCHED. AS MARY USED TO SAYS AROUND THE HOUSE, FREE AT LAST, THANK GOD O MIGHTY, SHE IS FREE AT LAST. THANK YOU. >> Council President: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ADJOURNING MOTIONS. FOLKS, GO FORTH AND SERVE THE CITY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. Operational readiness for civil unrest and large scale public demonstrations. The LAPD remains committed to protecting the rights of every Angeleno, while balancing public safety during high profile or potentially volatile events. This requires careful planning, clear command structures, and coordination with other city agencies. Our approach emphasizes de-escalation communication precision deployment, while ensuring that officers are equipped, trained and prepared for a wide range of scenarios. 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